33 Stories About Men Who Went To The Altar Against Their Will, And What Followed Next

I'm happy now we've been divorced for 5 years yeah!

I’m freshly 24 and freshly married, and felt the pressure after my then-29 now-30yr old wife proposed to me, but honestly her family treats me well, and makes me feel like their son, so I honestly don’t regret it. Do I struggle with my own emotions? Yeah, do I tell her? No because the last thing I would want is for her or anyone else to say they struggle to love me. I know when she’s gone off to work or errands that I miss her, and that I enjoy spending time with her. that tells me all I need to know if I love her or not.

Ehhh….
Sometimes.
Maybe 30% of the time. Definitely not my soulmate. Not sure that is something I believe in, though. She isn’t a bad person but she hid some compatibility issues and now that we are married and in a house she has the image that she wants and that’s just where things are. For now.

I know a guy who married an a*****e woman who pressured him into it. Then he got cancer shortly afterwards. I remember him talking to me, hoping for some sort of reassurance that I couldn't give him. He died alone and miserable.

I've been pressured to marry more than once; I've always managed to resist, but it's always a relationship-ender when I say no.

I asked a counsellor once why they thought relationships break down. They replied incompatibility...

Hahaha my sister tried to pressure a guy she was casually seeing to commit to her, to be exclusive, after like a year of fooling around. Me, and everyone else was like “hey, why don’t you just…. Find someone who actually wants to be with you?” She gave a billion excuses: he does like me, he does want this. In her defence he gave her mixed signals because nobody else was willing to sleep with him so he lead her on, so I don’t think she’s the devil here. Tbh I find most relationship problems aren’t one sided, but anyways, she was trying hard to pressure and he never c*****d. They broke up and he immediately committed to the next girl he was with. Sister was pissed for about a month and is now entirely over it and matured. I asked her what was up with that, pushing him when he clearly didn’t like her that much (it was obvious) - she said it was the ego boost of someone actually wanting her. She finally admitted she didn’t even like HIM that much either, I don’t think shes thought of him more than maybe 5 times in the four years since they broke up


To vent they were a total mismatch. She values health and is fit and is ambitious even if she’s not super experienced. She talks and is hilarious and makes friends, new friends, easily. Shes cultured and has a myriad of interests. She asks questions and is a good time. She’s non judgemental and fun and likes to go out. She is a bit crazy. He is very fat and makes no effort to get in shape besides constantly complaining. He is so boring sitting near him, not even having to talk to him directly, makes time feel extremely slow. He has no interests besides video games, doesn’t care about his work, wants a simple life.


She’s been in love with someone else for the last four years and hasn’t pressured him at all, leaves him alone when he asks, doesn’t f**k around at all lmfao. Men and women both act right with someone they really value vs someone they want for ego stroking.

If it’s not a resounding YES from both parties then they shouldn’t get married.

A lot of guys stay with a woman because they don’t feel that they have options. So better the devil they know than the dating scene. Not to mention they get a little Stockholm syndrome. So many guys don’t truly see how awful their wives are until they leave. The weight they feel lifted is massive.

My brother did and it was a huge mistake. She thought after the marriage , once the child arrived a year later things would be great, he's a changed man and she would live her traditional catholic life with him. Little did she know he was pressured by her family, he gave in but still wanted to hang out and mess around. They divorced a year later after their unnecessarily expensive catholic wedding and she still holds a grudge 20 years later.

Absolutely do not do it! I was this scenario exactly. 5 years and then 8 years of marriage. 13 years gone! My girlfriend now is the love of my life and every one I’ve dated since I’ve broken it off the moment I knew it wasn’t what I wanted long term. I will never make a mistake with my life like that ever again.

It’s not worth giving up your time while this life we all get is so short!

I felt pressure being from the Midwest and needing to settle down early and have kids by 23 or 25. I thought she was the right one for me but I think she and I both ignored the red flags. We divorced on our one year anniversary. That year wasn't miserable, I think we had a pretty good time but the last two months terrible.

I will start by saying I absolutely love my wife she is a great person who makes me better and supports me. We started dating when I was 15 and never had a lot of friction throughout highschool just hanging out and being dumb. I kinda figured we would grow apart after highschool but we ended up going to the same college and stayed together.

Once I graduated she followed me several states away when I got my first job out of college and after that I figured hey we might as well get married lol. I wouldn't necessarily say that we are soul mates but we both put in the effort to make our relationship work over the years which is more than I can say about some of our other friends.

Is there someone out there who might be a better fit for both of us, maybe, but sometimes you have to appreciate what you have not what you could have.

My daughter is getting divorced after 5 years. Her husband said he hasn’t felt happy for a long time. He chose to get her a ring. They lived in an apartment for a while and then bought a house. I guess he could have felt pressure. But at the same time, he did make the choice to ask her to marry him and buy a house. His own parents told him he shouldn’t get divorced.

Don’t do it it’s my only advice, you’ll make her happy (temporarily) and make yourself miserable.

While also risking half your networth.